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In fourteen instances a clue answer will be too long for its allotted space in the grid and will not match the contents of another answer in the box where they intersect. The problem with each of the seven boxes affected can be resolved by correctly combining the contents from both answers. The boxes will then become 18 Across 21 Across. Answers include 11 capitalized terms; 32 Across and 18 Down are variant spellings.

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